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 10/28/2009 08:21:39 PM · #1


Canon has posted a firmware update for its EOS 7D digital SLR.

Version 1.0.9 improves AF accuracy during live view shooting. It also rectifies an occasional problem of abnormal color display in movie mode and freezing of the shutter release when using the built-in flash or an external speedlight.

So, for those of you that just couldn't wait to buy this thing, go ahead and fix it here.
 10/29/2009 10:32:48 AM · #2
I know this has been brought up here before, but Canon has also said it is investigating an issue with its recently released EOS 7D digital SLR. In a service notice it says there is an occasional issue where traces of a preceding frame may be visible in images captured in continuous shooting mode.

Canon says it will release a firmware update to resolve the problem, and the new firmware that I mentioned in the above message does not address this problem.

10/29/2009 10:51:23 AM · #3
For those of us contemplating buying this camera but who haven't yet done so, is it better to wait a while for the issues to be ironed out? If so, how long do these things usually take?

I'm asking because there is a big show on here right now and they MAY have better prices than normal. Then again any technology here is way above the American prices anyway, so there won't be any real bargains.
 10/29/2009 11:39:28 AM · #4
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
For those of us contemplating buying this camera but who haven't yet done so, is it better to wait a while for the issues to be ironed out? If so, how long do these things usually take?

I'm asking because there is a big show on here right now and they MAY have better prices than normal. Then again any technology here is way above the American prices anyway, so there won't be any real bargains.

That's the beauty of user-updatable firmware; it allows companies such as Canon to make available updates that the end-user (consumer) can apply so that they can have the latest and greatest features and functionality.

On the other hand, if any hardware/mechanical issues arise, that usually results in having a recall/"service notice" and sending your camera to an authorized repair facility. That's somewhat rare, although it did happen to the 1D Mark III (mirror adjustment issue).


10/29/2009 12:21:45 PM · #5
The guy I spoke to at one of the shops mentioned firmware updates and said I would have to go to Canon about that. I've seen links to stuff to download in the past, but I would hate to mess something up and then land up having to pay Canon to put it right. That's why I'd rather wait and get the updates ready installed. Not if I can get the camera at a better price now though.

My real issue with the 7D though is size - I've got really small hands and the 400D fits just right. But the 7D has so much more to offer than an update to the 500D. I just hope I can learn to handle the bigger camera when its important and keep my 400D to carry around as an everyday camera.
 10/29/2009 01:08:36 PM · #6
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
The guy I spoke to at one of the shops mentioned firmware updates and said I would have to go to Canon about that.

You need to speak to a new guy. It's a very simple procedure for users, and I patched mine last night.
 10/29/2009 01:19:43 PM · #7
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
The guy I spoke to at one of the shops mentioned firmware updates and said I would have to go to Canon about that.

Maybe he thought that you asked if he (or his shop) distributed the firmware updates. If so, he is right--you should to go to Canon (their web site) for the firmware updates.

10/29/2009 01:27:49 PM · #8
Originally posted by AperturePriority:
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
The guy I spoke to at one of the shops mentioned firmware updates and said I would have to go to Canon about that.

Maybe he thought that you asked if he (or his shop) distributed the firmware updates. If so, he is right--you should to go to Canon (their web site) for the firmware updates.


I don't think I even asked - I think he brought firmware up. This isn't so bad - some of the shops speak to me like I'm an idiot who doesn't know the difference between an SLR and a P&S - just because I'm a woman. I asked about the weight of the camera somewhere compared to earlier models, so the guy tells me the weight depends on the LENS. I've had problems at that shop more than once, and there's no way I'm going to buy anything there unless it's the only place that has what I want (highly unlikely).
 10/29/2009 01:49:47 PM · #9
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
The guy I spoke to at one of the shops mentioned firmware updates and said I would have to go to Canon about that. I've seen links to stuff to download in the past, but I would hate to mess something up and then land up having to pay Canon to put it right. That's why I'd rather wait and get the updates ready installed. Not if I can get the camera at a better price now though.

My real issue with the 7D though is size - I've got really small hands and the 400D fits just right. But the 7D has so much more to offer than an update to the 500D. I just hope I can learn to handle the bigger camera when its important and keep my 400D to carry around as an everyday camera.


I don't have the biggest hands in the world and I've just gone from a 350D to the 7D. The size is not an issue (I thought it might be). In fact, it feels a little "sturdier" in my hands.

I applied firmware updates to the 350D with no trouble before, it's nothing to hold off a purchase for IMO.
 10/29/2009 01:53:04 PM · #10
I do have big hands (to the point that a 350D was uncomfortable to use), and the 7D feels immensely better, but be advised that it's not a light camera. The 7D is noticeably heftier than a 40D, and you can pretty much forget about using it one-handed with a long lens.
 10/29/2009 05:54:01 PM · #11
Check out this 7d vs d300s comparison.
Not overly surprising, but just more proof that eveyone should be buying the 7d.

I had the oportunity to shoot a bit with it at a soccer game a few days back, and the autofocus is not unlike the 1d III. Tracking was very impressive, and I actually prefer it to the older 1d II.
 10/29/2009 06:08:07 PM · #12
Originally posted by robshookphoto:
Check out this 7d vs d300s comparison.
Not overly surprising, but just more proof that eveyone should be buying the 7d.

I had the oportunity to shoot a bit with it at a soccer game a few days back, and the autofocus is not unlike the 1d III. Tracking was very impressive, and I actually prefer it to the older 1d II.


This test is irrelevant. Pictures should have been taken in raw formats (uncompressed or lossless), and NR should have been turned off. Theoretically, the noise should be better handled on the Nikon, simply because the pixel density is higher on the Canon.

I would love to see a 100 % crop of the 7D image at 3200 ISO. The pics that I saw on dpreview did not turn to be advantageous for the 7D.
 10/29/2009 06:25:31 PM · #13
Originally posted by msieglerfr:
Theoretically, the noise should be better handled on the Nikon, simply because the pixel density is higher on the Canon.

There's a LOT more to noise than just pixel size. The Canon 5D Mark II has 6.4 micron pixels— the same as a Canon 20D, and significantly smaller than the 7.4 micron pixels on a 10D, yet it shows less noise by far.
 11/01/2009 08:17:52 PM · #14
Originally posted by msieglerfr:

This test is irrelevant. Pictures should have been taken in raw formats (uncompressed or lossless), and NR should have been turned off. Theoretically, the noise should be better handled on the Nikon, simply because the pixel density is higher on the Canon.

I would love to see a 100 % crop of the 7D image at 3200 ISO. The pics that I saw on dpreview did not turn to be advantageous for the 7D.


The test is irrelevent because you have a nikon bias. Your bias is irrelevent because Nikon doesn't pay you.

The test shows the 7d is clearly superior. Turning off noise reduction and shooting raw is not going to change that.
 11/01/2009 09:39:31 PM · #15
Originally posted by robshookphoto:
Originally posted by msieglerfr:

This test is irrelevant. Pictures should have been taken in raw formats (uncompressed or lossless), and NR should have been turned off. Theoretically, the noise should be better handled on the Nikon, simply because the pixel density is higher on the Canon.

I would love to see a 100 % crop of the 7D image at 3200 ISO. The pics that I saw on dpreview did not turn to be advantageous for the 7D.


The test is irrelevent because you have a nikon bias. Your bias is irrelevent because Nikon doesn't pay you.

The test shows the 7d is clearly superior. Turning off noise reduction and shooting raw is not going to change that.


i dunno about nikon bias thing but this is a fact that nikon currently makes best low light camera (D3s), it is perfectly alright to assume that they know a thing or two about high iso images.
This along with pixel size info, it is very likely that nikon one outperforms canon's.

Further less noise is also not everything, detail is also important.
 11/02/2009 12:34:21 AM · #16
I wonder if Canon see a new body as a way to find new innovative ways to screw it up: AF issues, banding, random skin tones, noise at ISO 100 and now ghosting.

If only Nikon dropped their lens prices...
 11/02/2009 02:38:07 PM · #17
Originally posted by Tez:
If only Nikon dropped their lens prices...


That's what I kept telling myself as well. But the tide is officially turning: Canon 70-200 2.8 IS - retail $1950. I'm pretty sure that lens has jumped $200-$300 in the past year.
 11/02/2009 03:17:19 PM · #18
Originally posted by zxaar:


i dunno about nikon bias thing but this is a fact that nikon currently makes best low light camera (D3s), it is perfectly alright to assume that they know a thing or two about high iso images.
This along with pixel size info, it is very likely that nikon one outperforms canon's.

Further less noise is also not everything, detail is also important.


I have been reading up on both the 7D and D300s and to be honest they are both incredibly good at high ISOs, much better than my current 1D. My second shooter uses a 5D mk2 and the iso 1600/iso 2000 is breathtaking - so if these two are coming in with less noisy images than that at high ISOs, then they are both great cameras.

Just dont let them get too wet though ;P

Message edited by author 2009-11-02 15:17:52.
 11/02/2009 03:41:17 PM · #19
ok so here is a dumb question from an old faurt that didn't grow up with computers---isn't this whole noise high iso thing more about software and new tech. than anything else? it seems to me that 1 day we will be just conecting the lens to the computer and telling the computer what we want from the view thru the lens.
 11/02/2009 03:50:03 PM · #20
Eventually physics will limit high ISO quality. It is true that software determines/guesses how many of the photons coming through the lens are real and how many are stray, but there are still ways to improve sensor technology that improves the efficiency and accuracy of each photo site on a sensor.

However, there is an ISO quality limit, but there is nothing we can do to change it. Just as there is nothing we can do to change the DOF a photo at a given aperture, focal length, and subject distance.
 11/02/2009 03:58:54 PM · #21
Originally posted by Five_Seat:
Eventually physics will limit high ISO quality. It is true that software determines/guesses how many of the photons coming through the lens are real and how many are stray, but there are still ways to improve sensor technology that improves the efficiency and accuracy of each photo site on a sensor.

However, there is an ISO quality limit, but there is nothing we can do to change it. Just as there is nothing we can do to change the DOF a photo at a given aperture, focal length, and subject distance.


well you say this but didn't someone a few years ago say that a smaller photo site like in the 7d could never have less noise than a larger 1?
 11/02/2009 03:59:17 PM · #22
Originally posted by Five_Seat:
Eventually physics will limit high ISO quality. It is true that software determines/guesses how many of the photons coming through the lens are real and how many are stray, but there are still ways to improve sensor technology that improves the efficiency and accuracy of each photo site on a sensor.

However, there is an ISO quality limit, but there is nothing we can do to change it. Just as there is nothing we can do to change the DOF a photo at a given aperture, focal length, and subject distance.


As long as they can get ISO 12800 to be as noiseless as ISO400 is now, then I will be more than happy.
 11/02/2009 04:06:06 PM · #23
I'm thrilled to use 3200 but there seems to be such big debate over iso and noise and it keeps going up as the tech gets better -like cf cards ,and so many other electronic things everything keeps growing 1 way or another i'm sure if you would have told me when i bought my first computer with a 250mb hard drive that 1 day i'd have a 16gb card that was smaller that a pad of matches i'd have said you were nuts!
 11/02/2009 04:13:59 PM · #24
Originally posted by Simms:
Originally posted by Five_Seat:
Eventually physics will limit high ISO quality. It is true that software determines/guesses how many of the photons coming through the lens are real and how many are stray, but there are still ways to improve sensor technology that improves the efficiency and accuracy of each photo site on a sensor.

However, there is an ISO quality limit, but there is nothing we can do to change it. Just as there is nothing we can do to change the DOF a photo at a given aperture, focal length, and subject distance.


As long as they can get ISO 12800 to be as noiseless as ISO400 is now, then I will be more than happy.


I dunno the particular numbers the companies are dealing with, nor the actual limits, but yes Future 12800 = Present 400 would be sweet!
 11/02/2009 05:55:02 PM · #25
Originally posted by rider:
I'm thrilled to use 3200 but there seems to be such big debate over iso and noise and it keeps going up as the tech gets better -like cf cards ,and so many other electronic things everything keeps growing 1 way or another i'm sure if you would have told me when i bought my first computer with a 250mb hard drive that 1 day i'd have a 16gb card that was smaller that a pad of matches i'd have said you were nuts!


one of the reasons for such debate is lenses. Generally kit lenses are are f3.5 and zooms are also around 3.5, or f4. (I mean cheap or moderate priced ones). In film days generally cameras were bundled with f1.4 or f1.8 primes. Now since f3.5 is pretty slow the high iso do become important and becomes one of the talking point.

i think for a general person a cam can shoot usable iso 3200 is good enough for almost all his needs.

I have never used flash in last 7 years. Any of my digital cam can not shoot usuable images above iso400. But since I use faster lenses, never felt like craving for iso uber number.

edited to add: my new cam k-x can shoot usuable iso 6400 images. Its surprising good at higher isos. But i doubt i will go above iso800 on it.

Message edited by author 2009-11-02 17:57:33.
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